Talk:Colorado River/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MathewTownsend (talk · contribs) 20:49, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

• I'll give this article a try. I've been watching it a long time. MathewTownsend (talk) 20:49, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

review

• Great article.
• I'm a little confused: "The drainage basin or watershed of the Colorado River encompasses 246,000 sq mi (640,000 km2) of southwestern North America, making it the seventh largest on the continent" but this seems to say fifth largest[1] - or am I not reading it correctly?

Ah, I see how it could have been confusing there. #7 is in parentheses next to the basin size in the table. The list is organized by alphabetic order. Shann_ºn 01:23, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

• article uses a lot of dashes which may be a problem if the article goes to FAC.

I will try to cut down on those. Shann_ºn 01:23, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

• I've made some edits, which you are free to change.[2] (there was an intervening edit that I think helped the layout of the boxes)

(I'll add some more if I see anything, but I think the article is quite well done, considering all the information it encompasses.

MathewTownsend (talk) 20:18, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

• This is quite a read but is extremely well done, in my opinion. There's a lot of information in this article, all of it interesting. Wonderful pictures and great links to other, relevant articles. I've done a bunch of editing that you are free to revert.[3] MathewTownsend (talk) 18:47, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

GA review-see WP:WIAGA for criteria (and here for what they are not)

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose: clear and concise, correct spelling and grammar:

   B. Complies with MoS for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. Provides references to all sources:

   B. Provides in-line citations from reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Main aspects are addressed:

   B. Remains focused:

4. Does it follow the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Congratulatons! MathewTownsend (talk) 18:47, 29 March 2012 (UTC)